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Shigesato Itoi

Acting Born Nov 10, 1948 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan 12 credits

Biography

Japanese writer and copywriter, best known in the west for creating the Mother/Earthbound series.

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Known for

Film

My Neighbor Totoro

as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)

Full filmography

  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
  • Norwegian Wood (2010) as Professor
  • Guys Who Never Learn (1987)
  • My Soul Is Slashed (1991) as Inohara
  • Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu (1997) as Self
  • 放送100年 時代を超えて ３世代が選ぶあの番組 (2025)
  • Sinking into the Moon (2002)
  • Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna (1992)
  • Earthbound, USA (2023) as Self
  • Kids Konference (2022) as Narrator
  • The Tokugawa Treasure: Final Excavation (1994) as Himself
  • Fujio Akatsuka's Video Number One - Inaugural Issue (1983)